Medical Student Syndrome typically isn't diagnosing others, at least in early phases. It's commonly diagnosing yourself. If I had a nickel for each person who has self-diagnosed ADD, hypothyroidism,...

Yeah, I'm strongly considering a Trumanesque "The Buck Stops Here" sign on my desk. They don't seem to grasp that if we order a $3000 MRI series that I can't justify, that's my head in the noose, not...

I was an ultra-premature birth- 28 weeks back when 28 was right on the edge of what was considered viable. My parents didn't have health insurance- dad was a contractor. If I'd been 2 weeks earlier,...

It shouldn't be next to impossible to find a therapist and psychiatrist with non-traditional hours here in the 14th largest metropolitan area in the United States. It took a month of looking to find...

I'm the same way. Rescue meds in particular, I don't really care if I haven't seen the patient in a little while- if they're asking, then I know they need it. I've seen him for a decade. He knows me...